Mike May has combined his policeman’s knowledge of crime-fighting tactics and surveillance, with cutting-edge technology, to turn Iverify into a premier security service for retail, banking and public-utility properties. Iverify couples the sophisticated technology of remote video and audio surveillance, with the analytical skill and quick response of human monitoring, as a capable gaurdian for real-time protection.

“This is not just a business; it’s a family,” says Mark Baucom. Although he admits it’s a hard profession, he says the satisfaction comes in making a difference—building tangible structures that will provide lasting benefits to the community for generations. “It means people can trust us.”

[University of North Carolina at Charlotte (The William States Lee College of Engineering)]

The new Energy Production and Infrastructure Center is being constructed to unite industry and education to help address a critical shortage in the intellectual capital necessary to modernize current energy production operations and facilitate the development of alternative energy sources.

Since 1903, extraordinary service and customer care have been this company’s defining qualities. In addition to its full spectrum of moving capabilities, it also offers climate- and humidity-controlled storage for local companies. It is committed to employees as well as the community.

Ten minutes listening to Marty Ivey talk about a termite, and you’ll understand that his company’s expertise in exterminating is founded in genuine admiration, a keen understanding of the enemy, and a passion for the lessons that enemy (the bug) can teach us about the world we live in.